The Reef

She wrapped me in silver Put a rose in my hair She slept on my sea floor And answered my prayers She reached for me softly With sugar on her tongue But our kisses were salty And turning me numb How do you speak so sweetly And still turn my corners to dark How do you breathe so deeply And fill my lungs With these shards of green and blue Come with me under water We’ll dive way down where they bite at our knees Sand and branches, dinner time dances Come with me under water It’s been so long since we last spoke Transfer your bruise to banyan tree roots, i know You’re in some glass galaxy forgetting me now But I’m trying to hold onto me and remember somehow I still have my starfish, my skin and my scales I listen for whale songs and I’m chasing their trails Come with me under water I’ll hold your hand if you’re afraid, you said The smell of your soap, the reef always knows I'll still be under water I’ll pick a few plants and fill up my photo frame Fingers unpainting, slowly erasing Flying and falling and falling Floating and floating And glowing and glowing Growing and growing And reaching and reaching I'm born of the reeds in the reef --- The Reef - Anju